That Typographical Error

That typographical error is
a slippery thing and sly,
You can hunt till you are dizzy,
but it somehow will get by
Till the forms are off the presses
It is strange how still it sleeps;
It shrinks down to a corner,
and it never stirs or peeps.
That typographical error,
too small for human eyes
Till the ink is on the paper,
when it grows to mountain size
The boss just stares with horror,
then he grabs his hair and groans;
The copy reader drops his head
upon his hands and moans.
The remainder of the issue
may be clean as clean can be
But that typographical error
is the only thing you see!

-author unknown

First we know this appeared in a book published by the University of Oklahoma Press (1962),went on to the be published in the Antiquarian Bookman in November 1962 (with a typo), then went on to the Harvard Librarian (another typo-- stars for stares) and appeared again in Corporate an